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WHEAT DRILL.

Patented Mar.20,1883.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM L. BEESE, OF CHASE, KANSAS.

WHEAT-DRILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentfNo. 274,38), dated March 20, 1883.

Application filed May 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAM L. Rnnsn, of Chase, in the county of Rice and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheat-Drills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in my improved wheat-drill for which Letters Patent No. 256,049 were granted to me April 4, 1882.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis aplan view of myimproved wheatdrill as it appears when fitted for running hetween rows of corn. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation ofthe same, taken on'the line ma' of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation; and Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional elevation, showing the rear end of the perforated block for adjusting and throwing out of action (by means of a'rod entering the perforations of the block) two of the plow-points and colters.

A A represent the corresponding main frames of the drill, which are supported .upon the axles B B ofthe wheels C G, which wheels are placed upon the axles so as to come about in the center of thesaid frames. The adjacent ends of the axles B B are by preference npwardly bent to form the vertical portions a a,

as shown in Fig. 1 5 and these vertical portions of the axles are correspondingly perforated for the passage through them ot suitable bolts for holting the axles together whenthe drill is to hei'lsed on ordinary ground, or for attaching thereto the elevated or arch connection D when the drill is to be run between rows of corn or other grain. This elevated or arch connection D is by preference composed of the two angle-bars, d d, which are adapted to be bolted at their lower ends by the bolts b b to the vertical portions tra of the axles, and to be secured together at their upper horizontal ends by the bolts c c, as clearly shown in the drawings, and the upper horizontal portions of the said anglebars are correspondingly perforated with the holes c, o', adapting the same to hold the main parts of the drill nearer to or farther away from each other, as circumstances may require.

To the outer corners of the frames A A are secured the outwardly-projecting plates or castings fj, to which are attached the two colter-bars E E and the two plow-point bars G G in such manner that these bars are carried the proper distance outside of the frames A A, and so that they are adapted to have lateral movement to and from the frames, and also vertical movement, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. Thecolter bars E and plow point bars G' are by preference outwardly curved, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or they may be made straight, if desired.

H and H H represent the main colter-bars of the drill, six in number, three attached to each main frame'A A, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and J and J J represent the main plow-point bars of the drill. All of these colter-bars and plow-point bars are hin ged to the under side of the frames A A in the manner shown and described in my above-mentioned patent, or in any other suitable manner, the bars H and J being arranged outside of the wheels C, and bars H' and J' being arranged in the frames between the said wheels, as shown. The colter-bars are all downwardly bent, as shown in Fig. 3, and the plow-point bars are arranged under the horizontal portions thereof and' reach past the colters j of the colter-bars, so as to carry the plow-points g immediately in rear of the colters, in the same manner as shown and describedl in my said patent.

- Extending rearward from the bends in the colter-bars E E are the arms e e', and extending from the colter-hars H H H are the arms It h', which are precisely similar to the arms-e e. The arms e e have attached to them the cross-pieces F F, which tie the two colter-bars E and E together and hold them at'all times the proper distance apart, and the arms h h' have the cross-pieces K K attached to them,

which tie the colter-bars H H H together and hold them at al1 times the proper distance apart. These cross-bars F and K serve also as means for simultaneously elevating the said respective sets of colter-bars E E and H H H', and also the plow-point bars G G and J J- J', by reason of their attachment to the colter-bars, as will be readily understood.

For elevating the cross-pieces K K, I provide the main frames A A with the rock-shafts L L, formed with the arms c o, to which the cross-pieces are attached by suitable connections, and provide the rock-shafts with the hand-levers M M, for rocking the shaft for raising and lowering the said cross-pieces.

For elevating the cross-pieces F F, I pivot to the outside of the frames A A the rearwardly-extending levers N N, which pass through the staples l l, secured to the upper side of the cross-piece F, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. These levers N N are adapted to have lateral movement as well as vertical, so that the colter-bars E E' and plow-'point barsG G' may be carried by these levers to and from the frames A A to suit the drill to di'erent widths of rows. In order to hold these bars at any desired vertical or outward position away from the frames, l secure to the outside side pieces of the frames A A the triangular blocks O, which have the series of holes'o 0 formed in them, as shown in Fig. 4, into which holes one end of' the rods P P, which are attached to the levers N, are adapted t0 b e placed, as shown in Fig. a sufficient distance to serve as support for the said colter and plow-point bars, cross-piece F, and lever N.

Q Q represent the inside and R R the outside seed-boxes. These seed-boxes may be attached to the main frames A A in any suitable manner. The bottom s of the outside boxes, It, are of cast-iron and reach over the side colter-bars, E E', and plow-point bars G G', as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and are formed with suitable discharge-orifices, and i' i', through which the grain may be supplied from these boxes to the gutters formed by the colters and plowpoints attached to these last-mentioned bars, and also to the gutters formed by the colter and plow-points on the bars H and J. The grain is conveyed from the discharge-ori ices in the seed-boxes to the ground through the vtubes k k, and suitable seed-dropping wheels will be used for dropping the grain from the seed-boxes into the tubes k k, which will, by preference, be of the same form and construction, and which will be operated from the wheels C C in the same manner as shown and described in my said Letters Patent. The discharge openings or orifices z" t" in the bottom s of the outside seed-boxes, R R, are fitted with the cut-oil' plates q q, by which the flow ofgrain through them may be stopped when it is desired to throw the side colter-bars, E E', and plow-point bars G G' out of action.

described.

P, levers N, cross-piece F, colter-bars E E a In use, when the drill is to be run upon ordinary ground, it will be understood that the elevated or arch connection D will be unbolted from the upward extensions a a,and the axles B B will be brought together, and the parts a a 'f the axles bolted firmly together.

When the drill is to be used for drilling betweenfrows of corn the elevated or archconnection D will be replaced, in which condition the main parts of the drill are adapted to straddle a row of corn and drill the grain in the spaces between the rows, as will be clearly understood.

In4 case the spaces between two of the rows of corn are too narrow for the drill to operate without tearing up tlie corn, the cut-oli' plates g q may be moved to shut otf the flow of grain to the gutters` formed by the colters land plowpoints upon the bars E E' and G G', and these bars may then be elevated and thus thrown out of action; or the said bars G G' and E E' may be carried nearer to the main frame to avoid injury to the corn and the whole left in action; or, in case the space between the rows is wider than usual, the said bars G G and E E may be carried by the levers N N farther away from the frames A A to suit the spaces.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. rlhe combination, with axles B B, arranged about midway of the two main frames A A and bent up to form parts a a, of the two anglebars d d, adapted to be bolted to one another and to said axle parts a, as shown and described.

2. In combination with the outer corners of frames AA, the projecting plates f f, carrying colter and plow-point bars, whereby said bars are carried outside the frame and allowed a vertical and lateral movement, for the purpose specified.

3. In a drill, the plates or castingsff, in combination with the side colter-bars, E E', and plow-point bars G G', substantially as 4. The blocks O, formed with the series of perforations o o, in combination with the rods 7 and plow-point bars G G', as set forth.

ABRAM L. REESE.

Witnesses: y

ISAAC M. REEsE, SYDNEY REESE.

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